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She put in to the atoll for repairs from 8 to 11 June, and then she returned to her patrol, attacking a destroyer and a tanker with undetermined results before returning to Pearl Harbor on 24 July. Silent Victory (New York: Bantam, 1976.249 368. Service history edit Inter-war period edit Dolphin departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire on for San Diego, California, arriving on 3 December to report to Submarine Division 12 (SubDiv 12). With a length of 319 ft (97 m) and a displacement only a little more than half that of the previous three large cruiser submarines (1,718 long tons (1,746 t) surfaced, 2,240 long tons (2,280 t) submerged Dolphin was clearly an attempt to strike a happy medium between those. The torpedo armament was six 21 inch (533 mm) tubes (4 bow, 2 stern with 18 torpedoes. Alden, John., Commander, USN (retired).